James Darren was an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. He directed episodes of Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, Walker, Texas Ranger, and The A-Team, among many others. He starred as Dr. Anthony Newman in the science fiction series The Time Tunnel. He appeared in the regular role of Officer James Corrigan in the police drama T. J. Hooker and in the recurring role of Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

As a teen pop singer, he achieved hit singles including "Goodbye Cruel World" in 1961.

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in films including Gidget (1959) and its sequels, The Gene Krupa Story (1959), All the Young Men (1960), The Guns of Navarone (1961), and Diamond Head (1962).